False Dmitry I
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False Dmitry I or Pseudo-Demetrius I reigned as the Tsar of all Russia from 10 June 1605 until his death on 17 May 1606 under the name of Dmitriy Ivanovich. Dmitry ascended to the throne after the dep
False Dmitry takes an oath of allegiance to king Sigismund III Vasa by Nikolai Nevrev (1874)
Last minutes of False Dmitry by Carl Wenig (1879).
Vasili IV of Russia
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Vasili IV Ivanovich Shuisky was Tsar of all Russia from 1606 to 1610, after the murder of False Dmitri I. His rule coincided with the Time of Troubles. He was the only member of House of Shuisky to be
False Dmitry I
…to the throne after the deposition of Tsar Feodor II and ruled for 11 months before he was assassinated in the 1606 Moscow Uprising and replaced with Tsar Vasili IV. Dmitry was a pretender who impersonated Dmitry of Uglich, a son of Ivan the Terrible, and his reign formed part of the Time of Troubles. He was the…
1887 copy of a 1672 miniature of Vasili IV
Vasili Shuisky at the Warsaw Sejm
Vasili Shuisky with his brothers at the Warsaw Sejm on 29 October 1611 engraved by Tomasz Makowski after lost picture of Tommaso Dolabella
Vasili IV paying homage to Sigismund III of Poland in Warsaw, by Jan Matejko